Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-27
UvALDE.
Work of the District Court During the Past
Wesk-LocaI Notes.

"eSh-LOC6i COIcs-
UvALDE, TEX sept a, 1857.
To the Editor of the Gazette
The usually staid aud quiet town OF
Uvalde has presented quite lively sp-
pearance during the past week on &C.
count of District court which convened
on Monday, the 10th inst, with Hon. t.
N. Paschal presiding, and George W.
Powell OF Uvalde as district attorney.
In addition to our local bar, which will
compare favorsbly with that Of any town
in Texas, composed as it is OF the follow
ing gentlemen: Judge Austin POI
lard, Hon. John II. Clark,
Eugene Archer, o. Ellis, A. A. Dial and
G. B. WlIlett, Esq, there have been in
attendance the following visiting at
torneys: John D. Morrison, John II.
Copeland and John james, San An
tonic; Hon. W. T. Merriwether, Pearsan;
9. G. Clamp, Bracket; J. B. Johnson,
Lsskey, and j. 81. Coleman, Del Rio.
But little civil business has been trans
acted thus far, and that mostly Of an IN
Important nature. Perhaps the most i'm
portent case being Pauline Baker VS.. John
A. Baker, divorce; granted, This csse
derives its Importance from the we'll
known standing OF the parties.
The following criminal cases have been
disposed CT up to this writing: State VS..
Robert StocBma1, theft Of sheep, verdict
guilty and given TWO years in the peni-
tertiary; State VS.. Charles Rfy, murder,
verdict not guilty and prisoner dis
charged; State vs. NJ. 4. Monroe, athett,
mistrisl; State vs.. Cornelius Bars, bond
raised from $50 to SlO00 State
vs.. Msrgaricio Gonzales, assisting
| prisoners to escape from Uvalde jail
Verdict not guilty.
State vs.. CueZ RodgueZ, murder
This case YES tried at the spring term of
this court, and his punishment fixed st
death. but from which verdict and judg-
ment the defendant appealed, and the
court of appeals affirmed the decision Of
the lower court. SO, on the 23rd inst. he
was sentenced to be hanged on October
2l, 1887. Judge Paschal, IN pronounc-
ing this sentence, exhibited much feeling,
and plainly showed, that while, as an Of
ticer, he Yves ready to do his duty, how
ever painful, yet beneath the Judicial
ermine, beats 8 warm heart full OF human
sympathy, and in which was Embedded, q
tlrm belief in the christian religion.
June Dean, alias Jones, who was indicted
with Stockman for theft Of sheep, was
present on Monday and Tuesday, but
when he heard the verdict in StOckman's
case he very rapidly concluded that some
other climate would be decidedly better
for bis health, and So On Tuesday nigh
he borrowed a saddle (Without leave
from s Mr.. Roberts and left for parts I'm
known.
Tie grand jury hss returned ten bills o
indictment to date as follows: For muir
der, one; theft, three; adultery, two; siding
prisoners to escape, two; burglary, one
incest, one. They are still ct work, ant
other bills will doubtless be returned.
The ladies' Of the Presbyterian
church gave g supper on Thursds..
night and 2 dinner on Frida..
for the benefit of the church, and raiset
about S33.
Uvalde claims a population Of 1000
has four church buildings and othe
church organizations without houses
Our people are quite proud Of thei
splendid graded schools.
The public schools here employ te
teschers-seven for the white children
of whom there are 327 in school; tw
for the MeXicans and one FOR the colore
children. M. S.